Commercial

GlobalBeacon to Establish Minute by Minute Aircraft Tracking

[Avionics Magazine 10-19-2016] In two years, airlines could have the ability to track their Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) transponder-equipped aircraft anywhere in the world on a minute-by-minute basis, with no other…

Business & GA

Astronics Max-Viz 1400 EVS DO-160G RTCA Certified

Astronics Max-Viz EVS 1400. Photo: Astronics [Avionics Magazine 10-18-2016] Astronics Corp.’s Max-Viz 1400 Enhanced Vision System (EVS) for fixed- and rotor-wing aircraft has been certified to DO-160G standards by the Radio Technical…

ATM Modernization

Etihad Airways, NATS Collaborate to Improve Operations

Etihad airways plane in flight. Photo: NATS [Avionics Magazine 10-18-2016] Etihad Airways, the national carrier of the United Arab Emirates, is working with U.K.-based air traffic management specialists, NATS, to help deliver…

Commercial

Aurora Shows Off Aircraft Autonomy through DARPA Program

Aurora's Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program. Photo: Aurora Flight Sciences [Avionics Magazine 10-18-2016] On Oct. 17, Aurora Flight Sciences demonstrated automated flight capabilities with its Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System…

ATM Modernization

New ARINC Datalink, GNSS, Software Standards in Development

[Avionics Magazine 10-18-2016] Several new avionics standards are in development to provide production and manufacturing guidance for avionics equipment and Air Traffic Management (ATM) technologies designed to support Single European Sky ATM…

Commercial

Lufthansa Technik Introduces Paperless Maintenance

Photo: Lufthansa Technik [Avionics Magazine 10-18-2016] Lufthansa Technik, the Lufthansa Airline’s Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) organization, has introduced digital documentation of documents for aircraft maintenance across its German operations. The digital…

Business & GA

First Modernized Mi-28N Prototype Flies

Russian Helicopters has been developing a prototype attack version of the Mi-28 with a new front cabin crew and a guidance, navigation and flight control system. Photo: Vitaly V. Kuzmin/CC BY-SA 4.0…